Composer: P.V.R. Narasimha RaoDate: 2012 July 15

Metre: Anushtup

Verse:

dasha mahA vidyA stotram

kAlikAMbAM kAlamUlAM kAlAtItAM kharUpiNIM|AdyAM sarvAshrayAM devIM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 1

taaraaMbAM dustaraaM turyaaM akShobhyAM abhayapradAM|sahasrabhAnubhAsAbhAM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 2

shoDashIM cakrabindusthAM trijagatparipAlinIM|lalitAMbAM surArAdhyAM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 3

shubhadAM jagadAdhArAM trailokyasthitikAriNIM| varadAM bhuvaneshyaMbAM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 4

jIvalokakShayakarIM layakarIM punaHkarIM|bhairavyaMbAM dayApArAM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 5

ChinnamastAMbikAM devIM piNDabrahmANDatulyakIM|vajravairocanIM nityAM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 6

jyeShThAMbikAM nirAkArAM cinmudrAM varadAyinIM|dhUmAvatIM anIshAM tAM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 7

valgAMbAM bhargasaMyuktAM aShTapAshavimocanIM|ShaTChatrunAshanakarIM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 8

trailokyamohanakarIM vANIM pashuvashaMkarIM|mAtaMgyaMbAM mahodArAM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 9

shubhadAM varadAM lakShmIM vasudAM ca hiraNmayIM |kamalAMbAM vibhUtisthAM mahAvidyAM namAmyahaM|| 10

दशमहािव ा ो म्

कािलकांबां कालमूलां कालातीतां ख िपणी।ंआ ां सवा यां देवी ंमहािव ां नमा हं॥ 1

तारांबां दु रां तुया अ ो ां अभय दां।सह भानुभासाभां महािव ां नमा हं॥ 2

शोडशी ंच िब दु थां ि जग रपािलनी।ंलिलतांबां सुरारा ां महािव ां नमा हं॥ 3

शुभदां जगदाधारां ैलो थितका रणी।ं वरदां भुवने ंबां महािव ां नमा हं॥ 4

जीवलोक यकरी ंलयकरी ंपुनःकरी।ंभैर ंबां दयापारां महािव ां नमा हं॥ 5

िछ म ांिबकां देवी ंिप ा तु की।ंव वैरोचनी ंिन ां महािव ां नमा हं॥ 6

े ांिबकां िनराकारां िच ु ां वरदाियनी।ंधूमावती ंअनीशां तां महािव ां नमा हं॥ 7

व ांबां भगसंयु ां अ पाशिवमोचनी।ंषट्छ ुनाशनकरी ंमहािव ां नमा हं॥ 8

ैलो मोहनकरी ंवाणी ंपशुवशंकरी।ंमातं ंबां महोदारां महािव ां नमा हं॥ 9

शुभदां वरदां ल ी ंवसुदां च िहर यी ं।कमलांबां िवभूित थां महािव ां नमा हं॥ 10

Meaning:

(1) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Kali(kAlikAMbAM), who is the root of Time (kAlamUlAM), beyond time (kAlAtItAM), of the form of great void (kharUpiNIM), the initial one (AdyAM), the divine one (devIM) who is the refuge for everything and everyone (sarvAshrayAM).

(2) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Tara(taaraaMbAM), who is invincible/uncrossable (dustaraaM) [also means: one who makes one cross], who is the supreme one beyond 3 states (turyaaM), who is the consort of Akshobhya, the unperturbable one (akShobhyAM), one who removes fears (abhayapradAM), who radiates the lustre of thousand Suns (sahasrabhAnubhAsAbhAM).

(3) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Lalita (lalitAMbAM), who manages the 16 parts (shoDashIM), who is stationed in the central point of Sri Chakra (cakrabindusthAM) [the source of various energies that run the cycle of this universe], who rules the three worlds (trijagatparipAlinIM), one who is worshipped by all gods (surArAdhyAM).

(4) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Bhuvanesi (bhuvaneshyaMbAM), who gives auspicious things (shubhadAM), who supports the animated universe (jagadAdhArAM), who causes the sustenance of three worlds (trailokyasthitikAriNIM), who grants great boons (varadAM).

(5) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Bhairavi (bhairavyaMbAM), who causes decay/destruction (kShayakarIM) of beings and worlds (jIvaloka), causes oneness (layakarIM), causes renewal (punaHkarIM), who has unbounded compasion (dayApArAM) [the compassion that results in decay of the weakened and its renewal].

(6) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Chhinnamasta (ChinnamastAMbikAM), the divine one (devIM), one who causes the equality of microcosm and macrocosm (piNDabrahmANDatulyakIM), who illumines like [the unbreakable] diamond (vajravairocanIM), eternal one (nityAM).

(7) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Jyeshtha (jyeShThAMbikAM), who has no form, i.e. beyond form (nirAkArAM), who shows chinmudra, the seal of pure awareness (cinmudrAM), varadAyinIM (gives great boons), one made of smoke (dhUmAvatIM), one without a Lord (anIshAM), that one (tAM).

(8) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Valga (valgAMbAM), well-joined by (saMyuktAM) splendor (bharga) [also means a Rudra], one who liberates from the eight bondages (aShTapAshavimocanIM), one who causes the destruction of six enemies (ShaTChatrunAshanakarIM).

(9) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Matangi (mAtaMgyaMbAM), who enchants/attracts the three worlds (trailokyamohanakarIM), who is speech/vibration personified (vANIM), who brings ignorant beings under control (pashuvashaMkarIM), who is highly generous (mahodArAM). [Matangi represents speech and that represents all vibration/thinking at all levels, which vibrates the mind and engages it with the world.]

(10) I (ahaM) pray (namAmi) to [the personification of] Supreme Learning (mahAvidyAM) Mother Kamala (kamalAMbAM), who gives auspicious things (shubhadAM), who gives great boons (varadAM), Lakshmi (lakShmIM), who gives proesperity and well-being (vasudAM) and (ca) filled with the pure gold essence of Supreme Soul (hiraNmayIM), who is stationed in the state of abundance and prsperity (vibhUtisthAM).